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In a long, elaborate press conference that followed the announcement, about which he had given a head’s up on Twitter earlier, Trump repeatedly said Baghdadi died “like a dog … screaming and crying and whimpering … scared out of his mind”.
When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meets in Paris to review Pakistans case on fight against terror, it must take cognisance of a recent question posed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – “Whether it is 9/11 or 26/11, in which country are the conspirators found?”
“We already enjoyed freedom while living in India for over sixty years. In one way, I’m a refugee but I enjoy India’s freedom,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
A hashtag #Modigoback was trending on Friday morning. Government sources have informed India Today TV that Twitter handles responsible for trending #Modigoback on the social media platform have been traced and most of them originate from Pakistan.
The reference to Hong Kong, however, is unlikely to please China, which has completely snubbed any criticism of its clampdown and made critics bend to its will. Anti-government protests have rocked the city for four months now as what started as a stir against a now withdrawn extradition bill have since morphed into protests against what Hong Kongers see as Beijing’s increasing influence on the territory.
Addressing the General Assembly Third Committee session on ‘Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children’ on Thursday, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi, without naming Pakistan, said one delegation had yet again chosen to distract the attention of the Committee with its “deceitful political propaganda by weaving fake narratives, while making unwarranted references to internal matters of my country”.
“Given our long relationship with your country, we have always had an India-first policy. We can achieve rapid development only by plugging into India’s development. Our defence ties with India are very important too. The Indian Army Chief often visits Maldives, and he is very welcome there. Our ties with India are important for our economic growth as well as our security and stability,” said Mr Nasheed, who is on a two-day visit to the country for the World Economic Forum India Summit.
In August, the Asia Pacific Group of the FATF had put Pakistan in a terror ‘blacklist’ for its failure to curb funnelling of funds to groups responsible for scores of attacks in India.
Hamid Sabi, a lawyer for the Tribunal, told the United Nations Human Rights Council that the efforts involved “hundreds of thousands of victims,” describing it as “one of the worst mass atrocities of this century.”
Alice Wells, US Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, said at a special briefing of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the onus of restoring peaceful relations between the two countries hinges primarily on Pakistan’s willingness to rein in terror elements operating within its borders.
